Langrickenbach
Encyclopedia
Langrickenbach is a municipality
in the district of Kreuzlingen
in the canton
of Thurgau
in Switzerland
.
. Any low court
verdict in Langrickenbach was automatically appealed to the high court at Konstanz. Most of the settlement of Belzstadel belonged to Münsterlingen
until 1798. A village church was first mentioned around 900. Since the Protestant Reformation
in 1529 the Catholics
attend the church in Altnau. The current municipality was formed in 1998 when Herrenhof, Langrickenbach, Schönenbaumgarten and Zuben merged into Langrickenbach.
Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 4.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 0.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.2%. Parks, green belts and sports fields made up 2.9%. All of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 64.1% is used for growing crops, while 12.0% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality is located in the Kreuzlingen district at the intersection of the Sulgen-Altnau and Amriswil-Konstanz roads. It consists of the village of Langrickenbach (with the sections of Belzstadel and Unter-Greut) and the settlements of Dünnershaus, Herrenhof, Illighausen, Schönenbaumgarten and Zuben.
(97.3%), with Italian
being second most common ( 0.5%) and Romansh being third ( 0.4%).
, the gender distribution of the population was 51.9% male and 48.1% female. The population was made up of 525 Swiss men (47.0% of the population), and 55 (4.9%) non-Swiss men. There were 487 Swiss women (43.6%), and 50 (4.5%) non-Swiss women.
In there were 12 live births to Swiss citizens and 1 birth to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 10 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 2 while the foreign population increased by 1. There were 4 Swiss men who emigrated from Switzerland to another country, 4 Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland to another country, 11 non-Swiss men who emigrated from Switzerland to another country and 4 non-Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland to another country. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources) was a decrease of 7 and the non-Swiss population change was an increase of 15 people. This represents a population growth rate of 0.7%.
The age distribution, , in Langrickenbach is; 114 children or 10.3% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 189 teenagers or 17.1% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 111 people or 10.0% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 119 people or 10.7% are between 30 and 39, 239 people or 21.6% are between 40 and 49, and 154 people or 13.9% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 80 people or 7.2% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 55 people or 5.0% are between 70 and 79, there are 42 people or 3.8% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 5 people or 0.5% who are 90 and older.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.51 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0.56 per room. In this case, a room is defined as space of a housing unit of at least 4 m² (43.1 sq ft) as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 62.9% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage
or a rent-to-own agreement).
, there were 374 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.7 persons per household. there were 164 single family homes (or 85.4% of the total) out of a total of 192 inhabited buildings. There were 22 two family buildings (11.5%), 2 three family buildings (1.0%) and 4 multi-family buildings (or 2.1%). There were 238 (or 23.2%) persons who were part of a couple without children, and 618 (or 60.1%) who were part of a couple with children. There were 53 (or 5.2%) people who lived in single parent home, while there are 12 persons who were adult children living with one or both parents, 2 persons who lived in a household made up of relatives, 6 who lived in a household made up of unrelated persons, and 15 who are either institutionalized or live in another type of collective housing.
The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 2.27%. , the construction rate of new housing units was 5.4 new units per 1000 residents. there were 389 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was the 6 room apartment of which there were 136. There were 4 single room apartments and 136 apartments with six or more rooms.
In the 2007 federal election
the most popular party was the SVP
which received 57.74% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP
(10.67%), the SP
(7.5%) and the FDP
(6.38%). In the federal election, a total of 359 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
was 47.5%.
The historical population is given in the following table:
there were 702 workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 335 or about 47.7% of the residents worked outside Langrickenbach while 45 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 412 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the municipality. Of the working population, 4.2% used public transportation to get to work, and 50.4% used a private car.
. Of the rest of the population, there is 1 individual who belongs to the Orthodox Church, and there are 64 individuals (or about 6.23% of the population) who belong to another Christian church. There were 2 (or about 0.19% of the population) who are Islam
ic. There are 2 individuals (or about 0.19% of the population) who belong to another church (not listed on the census), 81 (or about 7.88% of the population) belong to no church, are agnostic
or atheist
, and 40 individuals (or about 3.89% of the population) did not answer the question.
).
Langrickenbach is home to the Langrickenbach primary school district. In the 2008/2009 school year there were 122 students. There were 20 children in the kindergarten
, and the average class size was 20 kindergartners. Of the children in kindergarten, 11 or 55.0% were female and 2 or 10.0% were not Swiss citizens. The lower and upper primary levels begin at about age 5-6 and last for 6 years. There were 46 children in who were at the lower primary level and 56 children in the upper primary level. The average class size in the primary school was 20.4 students. At the lower primary level, there were 22 children or 47.8% of the total population who were female, and 6 or 13.0% who were not Swiss citizens. In the upper primary level, there were 29 or 51.8% who were female, and 4 or 7.1% who were not Swiss citizens.
Municipalities of Switzerland
Communes , also known as municipalities, are the smallest government division in Switzerland, numbering 2,596 . While many have a population of a few hundred citizens, the largest cities such as Zürich or Geneva also have the legal status of municipalities...
in the district of Kreuzlingen
Kreuzlingen (district)
Kreuzlingen District is one of the five districts of the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland. It has a population of . Its capital is the city of Kreuzlingen.The district contains the following municipalities:...
in the canton
Cantons of Switzerland
The 26 cantons of Switzerland are the member states of the federal state of Switzerland. Each canton was a fully sovereign state with its own borders, army and currency from the Treaty of Westphalia until the establishment of the Swiss federal state in 1848...
of Thurgau
Thurgau
Thurgau is a northeast canton of Switzerland. The population, , is . In 2007, there were a total of 47,390 who were resident foreigners. The capital is Frauenfeld.-History:...
in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
.
History
Langrickenbach is first mentioned in 889 as Rihchinbahc. Together with Greuter, it was acquired by the Lords of Helmsdorf in 1351. Between 1521 and 1798 it belonged to the cathedral of KonstanzKonstanz
Konstanz is a university city with approximately 80,000 inhabitants located at the western end of Lake Constance in the south-west corner of Germany, bordering Switzerland. The city houses the University of Konstanz.-Location:...
. Any low court
High, middle and low justice
High, middle and low justices are notions dating from Western feudalism to indicate descending degrees of judiciary power to administer justice by the maximal punishment the holders could inflict upon their subjects and other dependents....
verdict in Langrickenbach was automatically appealed to the high court at Konstanz. Most of the settlement of Belzstadel belonged to Münsterlingen
Münsterlingen
Münsterlingen is a municipality in the district of Kreuzlingen in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.-History:In 1994 the municipality was created from Landschlacht and Scherzingen. Münsterlingen is first mentioned in 1125 as Munsterlin...
until 1798. A village church was first mentioned around 900. Since the Protestant Reformation
Protestant Reformation
The Protestant Reformation was a 16th-century split within Western Christianity initiated by Martin Luther, John Calvin and other early Protestants. The efforts of the self-described "reformers", who objected to the doctrines, rituals and ecclesiastical structure of the Roman Catholic Church, led...
in 1529 the Catholics
Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity...
attend the church in Altnau. The current municipality was formed in 1998 when Herrenhof, Langrickenbach, Schönenbaumgarten and Zuben merged into Langrickenbach.
Geography
Langrickenbach has an area, , of 10.85 square kilometres (4.2 sq mi). Of this area, 8.25 km² (3.2 sq mi) or 76.0% is used for agricultural purposes, while 1.8 km² (0.694983885466563 sq mi) or 16.6% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 0.79 km² (0.305020705288103 sq mi) or 7.3% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.03 km² (7.4 acre) or 0.3% is either rivers or lakes.Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 4.1% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 0.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 0.2%. Parks, green belts and sports fields made up 2.9%. All of the forested land area is covered with heavy forests. Of the agricultural land, 64.1% is used for growing crops, while 12.0% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water.
The municipality is located in the Kreuzlingen district at the intersection of the Sulgen-Altnau and Amriswil-Konstanz roads. It consists of the village of Langrickenbach (with the sections of Belzstadel and Unter-Greut) and the settlements of Dünnershaus, Herrenhof, Illighausen, Schönenbaumgarten and Zuben.
Demographics
Langrickenbach has a population of , 9.4% of the population are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1997–2007) the population has changed at a rate of %. Most of the population speaks GermanGerman language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
(97.3%), with Italian
Italian language
Italian is a Romance language spoken mainly in Europe: Italy, Switzerland, San Marino, Vatican City, by minorities in Malta, Monaco, Croatia, Slovenia, France, Libya, Eritrea, and Somalia, and by immigrant communities in the Americas and Australia...
being second most common ( 0.5%) and Romansh being third ( 0.4%).
, the gender distribution of the population was 51.9% male and 48.1% female. The population was made up of 525 Swiss men (47.0% of the population), and 55 (4.9%) non-Swiss men. There were 487 Swiss women (43.6%), and 50 (4.5%) non-Swiss women.
In there were 12 live births to Swiss citizens and 1 birth to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 10 deaths of Swiss citizens. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 2 while the foreign population increased by 1. There were 4 Swiss men who emigrated from Switzerland to another country, 4 Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland to another country, 11 non-Swiss men who emigrated from Switzerland to another country and 4 non-Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland to another country. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources) was a decrease of 7 and the non-Swiss population change was an increase of 15 people. This represents a population growth rate of 0.7%.
The age distribution, , in Langrickenbach is; 114 children or 10.3% of the population are between 0 and 9 years old and 189 teenagers or 17.1% are between 10 and 19. Of the adult population, 111 people or 10.0% of the population are between 20 and 29 years old. 119 people or 10.7% are between 30 and 39, 239 people or 21.6% are between 40 and 49, and 154 people or 13.9% are between 50 and 59. The senior population distribution is 80 people or 7.2% of the population are between 60 and 69 years old, 55 people or 5.0% are between 70 and 79, there are 42 people or 3.8% who are between 80 and 89, and there are 5 people or 0.5% who are 90 and older.
the average number of residents per living room was 0.51 which is about equal to the cantonal average of 0.56 per room. In this case, a room is defined as space of a housing unit of at least 4 m² (43.1 sq ft) as normal bedrooms, dining rooms, living rooms, kitchens and habitable cellars and attics. About 62.9% of the total households were owner occupied, or in other words did not pay rent (though they may have a mortgage
Mortgage loan
A mortgage loan is a loan secured by real property through the use of a mortgage note which evidences the existence of the loan and the encumbrance of that realty through the granting of a mortgage which secures the loan...
or a rent-to-own agreement).
, there were 374 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.7 persons per household. there were 164 single family homes (or 85.4% of the total) out of a total of 192 inhabited buildings. There were 22 two family buildings (11.5%), 2 three family buildings (1.0%) and 4 multi-family buildings (or 2.1%). There were 238 (or 23.2%) persons who were part of a couple without children, and 618 (or 60.1%) who were part of a couple with children. There were 53 (or 5.2%) people who lived in single parent home, while there are 12 persons who were adult children living with one or both parents, 2 persons who lived in a household made up of relatives, 6 who lived in a household made up of unrelated persons, and 15 who are either institutionalized or live in another type of collective housing.
The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 2.27%. , the construction rate of new housing units was 5.4 new units per 1000 residents. there were 389 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was the 6 room apartment of which there were 136. There were 4 single room apartments and 136 apartments with six or more rooms.
In the 2007 federal election
Swiss federal election, 2007
Elections to the Swiss Federal Assembly, the federal parliament of Switzerland, were held on Sunday, 21 October 2007. In a few cantons, a second round of the elections to the Council of States was held on 11 November, 18 November, and 25 November 2007...
the most popular party was the SVP
Swiss People's Party
The Swiss People's Party , also known as the Democratic Union of the Centre , is a conservative political party in Switzerland. Chaired by Toni Brunner, but spearheaded by Christoph Blocher, the party is the largest party in the Federal Assembly, with 58 members of the National Council and 6 of...
which received 57.74% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the CVP
Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland
The Christian Democratic People's Party of Switzerland is a Christian democratic political party in Switzerland. It is the fourth-largest party in the National Council, with 31 seats, and the largest in the Council of States, with 15 seats. It has one seat, that of Doris Leuthard, on the Swiss...
(10.67%), the SP
Social Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Social Democratic Party of Switzerland is the largest centre-left political party in Switzerland....
(7.5%) and the FDP
Free Democratic Party of Switzerland
The Free Democratic Party was a classical liberal political party in Switzerland. It was one of the major parties in Switzerland until its merger with the smaller classical liberal Liberal Party, to form FDP.The Liberals on 1 January 2009....
(6.38%). In the federal election, a total of 359 votes were cast, and the voter turnout
Voter turnout
Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election . After increasing for many decades, there has been a trend of decreasing voter turnout in most established democracies since the 1960s...
was 47.5%.
The historical population is given in the following table:
| year | population |
|---|---|
| 1850 | 1,178 |
| 1900 | 1,093 |
| 1950 | 1,014 |
| 1990 | 879 |
| 2000 | 1,042 |
Economy
, Langrickenbach had an unemployment rate of 1.65%. , there were 193 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 65 businesses involved in this sector. 46 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 15 businesses in this sector. 85 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 27 businesses in this sector.there were 702 workers who lived in the municipality. Of these, 335 or about 47.7% of the residents worked outside Langrickenbach while 45 people commuted into the municipality for work. There were a total of 412 jobs (of at least 6 hours per week) in the municipality. Of the working population, 4.2% used public transportation to get to work, and 50.4% used a private car.
Religion
From the , 252 or 24.5% were Roman Catholic, while 586 or 57.0% belonged to the Swiss Reformed ChurchSwiss Reformed Church
The Reformed branch of Protestantism in Switzerland was started in Zürich by Huldrych Zwingli and spread within a few years to Basel , Bern , St...
. Of the rest of the population, there is 1 individual who belongs to the Orthodox Church, and there are 64 individuals (or about 6.23% of the population) who belong to another Christian church. There were 2 (or about 0.19% of the population) who are Islam
Islam
Islam . The most common are and . : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...
ic. There are 2 individuals (or about 0.19% of the population) who belong to another church (not listed on the census), 81 (or about 7.88% of the population) belong to no church, are agnostic
Agnosticism
Agnosticism is the view that the truth value of certain claims—especially claims about the existence or non-existence of any deity, but also other religious and metaphysical claims—is unknown or unknowable....
or atheist
Atheism
Atheism is, in a broad sense, the rejection of belief in the existence of deities. In a narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there are no deities...
, and 40 individuals (or about 3.89% of the population) did not answer the question.
Education
The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Langrickenbach about 75.1% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or a FachhochschuleFachhochschule
A Fachhochschule or University of Applied Sciences is a German type of tertiary education institution, sometimes specialized in certain topical areas . Fachhochschulen were founded in Germany and later adopted by Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Greece...
).
Langrickenbach is home to the Langrickenbach primary school district. In the 2008/2009 school year there were 122 students. There were 20 children in the kindergarten
Kindergarten
A kindergarten is a preschool educational institution for children. The term was created by Friedrich Fröbel for the play and activity institute that he created in 1837 in Bad Blankenburg as a social experience for children for their transition from home to school...
, and the average class size was 20 kindergartners. Of the children in kindergarten, 11 or 55.0% were female and 2 or 10.0% were not Swiss citizens. The lower and upper primary levels begin at about age 5-6 and last for 6 years. There were 46 children in who were at the lower primary level and 56 children in the upper primary level. The average class size in the primary school was 20.4 students. At the lower primary level, there were 22 children or 47.8% of the total population who were female, and 6 or 13.0% who were not Swiss citizens. In the upper primary level, there were 29 or 51.8% who were female, and 4 or 7.1% who were not Swiss citizens.